double-header

  • 11double-header — noun a) A pair of games played one after another between the same teams. This afternoon we will have a double header between the Bears and the Wolves, games at 3pm and 7:30pm. b) A pair of top rank events after another, at one venue. The NRL… …

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  • 12double-header — noun two games or contests played one right after the other, between the same two teams or two different pairs of teams. The Yankees and the Dodgers played a double header Sunday afternoon. We went to a basketball double header at Madison Square… …

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  • 13double-header — double headˈer noun 1. A coin with a head on each side (informal; esp Aust) 2. Two games played on the same day (sport; N American) 3. Two television programmes or other items of the same kind in succession 4. A train pulled by two locomotives… …

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  • 14double-header — /dʌbəl ˈhɛdə / (say dubuhl heduh) noun 1. a double headed coin. 2. a double amount or serving (especially two standard nips of spirits). 3. an ice cream cone designed to carry two scoops of ice cream. 4. a train pulled by two locomotives. 5. a.… …

  • 15Double-header — 1. double headed coin; 2. two attractions, events, etc., featured on the one program, day, etc …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 16double-header — Australian Slang 1. double headed coin; 2. two attractions, events, etc., featured on the one program, day, etc …

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  • 17double-header — noun 1》 a train pulled by two locomotives. 2》 chiefly N. Amer. a sporting event in which two games are played in succession at the same venue. Derivatives double headed adjective …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 18double header — Synonyms and related words: bout, contest, decathlon, doubles, event, foursome, game, games of chance, go, match, meet, pentathlon, play, play off, race, runoff, singles, sport, threesome, twosome …

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  • 19double-header —    sexual activity by a male with two females in each other s presence    Prostitutes jargon, from the use of two locomotives to pull a train and punning on give head:     ... she wasn t interested in the hundreddollar bag of bones who Juicy Lucy …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 20double-header — noun (C) AmE two baseball games played one after the other …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English